Ox-collar



(NoModel'.)

M. T. WHALEY.

OX COLLAR.

Patented Dec. 8

UNITEDl STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSS lT. VIIALEY, OF HAVLEY, MINNESOTA.

OX-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 464,539, dated December 8, 1891.

Application filed .Tune 30,1891. Serial No. 398,064. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MOSS T. HALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hawley, in the county of Clay and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful OX- Collar, of which the following is la specification.

This invention relates to improvements in draft-collars, the objects in view being to pro-- vide a draft-collar of cheap and simple construction, adapted for use in connection with oxen, to so construct the collar as to enable the 0X to pull by the shoulders alone, which are free and not obstructed in their movements, and to support the weight of the collar upon the muscle of the neck, whereby I avoid the constant chafing of that portion of the neck at which the bones are located, thus rendering the collar much easier than that heretofore employed, and at the same time increasing the efficiency of the 0X as a draft-animal. Y

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a perspective of an oX-collar constructed'in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail in section of the neck saddle-pad and its saddle. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the saddle, the hames, pads, and connecting-straps. Fig. 4 is a detail in elevation of the saddle-connecting staple.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

In practicing my invention I employ opposite hame-sections l, adapted to fit the shoulders of the ox, and the same are provided with inner flat sides, and in fact are rectangular in cross-section. The exteriors of the hames are bound with metal straps 2, which at their lower ends are bent to form eyes 3 for loosely receiving the links 4, connected by an adjustable strap 5. Openings 6 are formed in the hame-section, and through the same are passed the ends of an adjustable connecting-strap 7. Tugstaples 8 are located upon the metal straps at the proper points and are designed to be connected with the usual draft-tugs. To the interior surfaces of the hame-sections therev is secured a pair of collar rolls or pads 9, the same heilig'v provided with a front narrow roll and a rear wide roll and covered in rear of the tugstaplcs by means of leather shields l0 to prevent chafing of the pads by the tugs.

ll designates a pair of L-shaped staples, which are secured in any suitable manner to the front faces of the baule-sections, and said staples at their lower ends are bent to form eyes 12, which receive triangulary links 13.

The neck-saddle of the collar consists of a saddle-shaped metallic plate 14:, to the under side of which is riveted a leather shield 15 of corresponding shape. The metal plate serves to stiften the saddle as a whole, and prevents any pinching of the muscles of the neck of the animal, and by reason of its upturned opposite ends is expressly designed for longitudinal rocking, and by its form will prevent any lateral sawing,`which causes a soreness of the neck.

16 designates an oblong curved metal loop, which is riveted to the upper side of the saddle, extends transversely of the same, and del pends slightly below the opposite edges of the saddle. The opposite ends of the loop are connected to the L-shaped eyes by means of adjustable strap-loops 17.

In use the hames as connected are fastened over the shoulders of the ox, while the sady dle which supports the hames embraces the muscle ofthe neck in front of the shoulders, leaving the tender bones between the two entirely free from any incumbrauce or pressure, so that no soreness by chafing of the parts can occur. It will be seen that the entire draft pulled by the animal is by the shoulders and not by the neck, as heretofore, and that the weight of the device is supported not by the shoulders but bythe muscle of the neck. By reason of the hames being loosely connected, as described, the sections are free to move back and forth with the movements of the shoulders of the ox', so that he is better enabled to apply the immense strength with which he is endowed than when merely depending Yupon the application of such strength through the medium of his naturally tender neck. It will be .seen that through the medium of the straps 5 and 7 the hames may be adjusted so as to fit various sizes of necks of different oxen, and that IOO the curved oblong metal loop terminating at opposite sides of the saddle and the opposite adjustable strap-loops connecting the opposite ends of the oblongloop with the L-shaped staples of the haines, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as niyown I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MOSS T. WI-IALEY.

Witnesses:

W. MCDONALD, I. C. HOUGE. 

